Author Mark Juddery from "mental_floss" magazine has listed Bob Heft, the Thomas Township resident who designed America's 50-star flag as a high school project in 1958 and lived in Thomas Township upon his retirement from teaching before dying this month, in a list of those who deserve to be remembered.

Heft, whose design overtook the 48-star banner as the longest-serving flag in U.S. history July 4, 2007, was 67.